Mounted displays that autorotate to match content on display

Abstract

Some implementations of the disclosure are directed to automatically rotating displays to display media content based on metadata extracted from the media content that provides an indication of a target display orientation to display the media content. In one implementation, a method includes: detecting media content for display on a display, wherein the display is mounted on a rotatable display mount; extracting metadata from the detected media content, the extracted metadata providing an indication of a target display orientation to display the media content; using at least the extracted metadata, automatically causing the rotatable display mount to rotate the display to the target orientation; and displaying the media content on the rotated display.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method, comprising:
 detecting content for display on a display, wherein the display is mounted on a rotatable display mount; 
 extracting metadata from the content, the metadata providing an indication of a target display orientation; 
 rotating the rotatable display mount to rotate the display toward the target display orientation based on the metadata; 
 displaying the content on the rotated display; and 
 responsive to detecting an obstruction to rotation of the rotatable display mount to the target display orientation, displaying a second content on the display, wherein the second content is different than the content. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the metadata includes an aspect ratio or resolution of the content, wherein the aspect ratio or the resolution is used to determine the target display orientation. 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising during the rotation of the rotatable display mount, using a sensor to determine a presence of the obstruction. 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 3 ,
 wherein the second content includes an audible alert or a visual alert. 
 
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 detecting a third content for display on the display, 
 extracting an additional metadata from the third content, the additional metadata providing an indication of a second target display orientation to display the third content; and 
 rotating the rotatable display mount to rotate the display toward the second target display orientation based on the additional metadata. 
 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the display displays the second content when the obstruction is detected for a predetermined amount of time. 
     
     
       7. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising rotating a second rotatable display mount to rotate a second display toward the target display orientation based on the metadata, wherein the second display is mounted on the second rotatable display mount. 
     
     
       8. The method of  claim 7 , further comprising displaying the content on the rotated second display, wherein the content is synchronously displayed on the rotated display and the rotated second display. 
     
     
       9. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the rotatable display mount is configured to receive the metadata and determine the target display orientation. 
     
     
       10. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the content includes video. 
     
     
       11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause a system to perform operations of:
 detecting content for display on a display, wherein the display is mounted on a rotatable display mount; 
 extracting metadata from the content, the metadata providing an indication of a target display orientation; 
 rotating the rotatable display mount to rotate the display toward the target display orientation based on the metadata; 
 displaying the content on the rotated display; and 
 responsive to detecting an obstruction to rotation of the rotatable display mount to the target display orientation, displaying a second content on the display, wherein the second content is different than the content. 
 
     
     
       12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 11 , wherein the metadata includes an aspect ratio or resolution of the content, wherein the aspect ratio or the resolution is used to determine the target display orientation. 
     
     
       13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the system to perform an operation of during the rotation of the rotatable display mount, using a sensor to determine a presence of the obstruction. 
     
     
       14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 11 , wherein the second content includes an audible alert or a visual alert. 
     
     
       15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the system to perform operations of:
 detecting a third content for display on the display, 
 extracting an additional metadata from the third content, the additional metadata providing an indication of a second target display orientation to display the third content; and 
 rotating the rotatable display mount to rotate the display toward the second target display orientation based on the additional metadata. 
 
     
     
       16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 11 , wherein the display displays the second content when the obstruction is detected for a predetermined amount of time. 
     
     
       17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the system to rotate a second rotatable display mount to rotate a second display toward the target display orientation based on the metadata, wherein the second display is mounted on the second rotatable display mount. 
     
     
       18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 17 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the system to perform an operation of displaying the content on the rotated second display, wherein the content is synchronously displayed on the rotated display and the rotated second display. 
     
     
       19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 11 , wherein the rotatable display mount is configured to receive the metadata and determine the target display orientation. 
     
     
       20. A system, comprising:
 a rotatable display mount; 
 a processor; and 
 a non-transitory computer-readable medium having executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations of:
 detecting content for display on a display, wherein the display is mounted on the rotatable display mount; 
 extracting metadata from the content, the metadata providing an indication of a target display orientation; 
 rotating the rotatable display mount to rotate the display toward the target display orientation based on the metadata; 
 displaying the content on the rotated display; and 
 responsive to detecting an obstruction to rotation of the rotatable display mount to the target display orientation, displaying a second content on the display, wherein the second content is different than the content.